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‘Doctor Who’ 60th Anniversary Marathon – ‘Planet of the Daleks’

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We conclude the ‘Dalek War’ saga in the classic ‘Doctor Who’ TV series today by looking at ‘Planet of the Daleks’, a six-part adventure starring Jon Pertwee as the Third Doctor and Katy Manning as Jo Grant. The story takes us to the planet Spiridon, where the Third Doctor and Jo team up with a group of Thals, as they try to stop an army of Daleks under a frozen mountain from being woken up. ‘Planet of the Daleks’ can be checked out on DVD, Blu-ray and Britbox. Continue reading

‘Doctor Who’ 60th Anniversary Marathon – ‘The War Games’

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Here we are on the final story of Season 6 of the classic ‘Doctor Who’ TV series and the final story of the Patrick Troughton era. This is ‘The War Games’, a ten-part epic adventure, starring Patrick Troughton as the Second Doctor, Frazer Hines as Jamie and Wendy Padbury as Zoe. ‘The War Games’ can be checked out on DVD and via Britbox. Let’s check out the first two episodes of this ten-part story today. 🙂 Continue reading

‘Doctor Who’ 60th Anniversary Marathon – ‘The Mind Robber’

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It’s time for the second story in Season 6 of the classic ‘Doctor Who’ TV series and it’s one of my favourites from the Patrick Troughton era. It’s one of Wendy Padbury’s favourite ‘Doctor Who’ stories too. 🙂 This is ‘The Mind Robber’, a five-part adventure starring Patrick Troughton as the Second Doctor, Frazer Hines as Jamie and Wendy Padbury as Zoe. ‘The Mind Robber’ is available to check out on DVD and on Britbox. Continue reading

Before ‘Time Lord Victorious’

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Next week, the ‘Time Lord Victorious’ review season of ‘Doctor Who’ will begin! Before that happens, please feel free to check out my reviews on the ‘Doctor Who’ stories featured in the ‘Road to the Dark Times’ Blu-ray, which I had a chance to check out over Christmas from December 2020 to January 2021. Continue reading

Seasons 10, 12, 18 and 19 of ‘Doctor Who’ on Blu-ray with Jon Pertwee, Tom Baker and Peter Davison

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At the time of this blog post, I’m currently checking out the Season 24 Blu-ray box set of ‘Doctor Who’ with Sylvester McCoy. I’m looking forward to sharing updated reviews on ‘Time and the Rani’, ‘Paradise Towers’, ‘Delta and the Bannermen’ and ‘Dragonfire’ sometime soon on my blog. Stay tuned for news! Continue reading

‘Time Lord Victorious – Road to the Dark Times’ (Doctor Who) on Blu-ray

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Over Christmas 2020 and early 2021, I’ve been checking out the ‘Time Lord Victorious – Road to the Dark Times’ collection of ‘Doctor Who’ stories on Blu-ray. This is in preparation for me to check out the ‘Time Lord Victorious’ event that’s happening from 2020-21 with books, audios and comic tales. Continue reading

Season 14 of ‘Doctor Who’ with Tom Baker on Blu-ray #3

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We’re back with Season 14 of ‘Doctor Who’ with Tom Baker on Blu-ray again and today we’re taking a look at my updated review on ‘The Deadly Assassin’. In this story, Tom Baker’s Doctor travels alone back to Gallifrey where he confronts the Time Lords as well as the deadly Master in a decrypt form. 😮 Continue reading

Season 10 of ‘Doctor Who’ with Jon Pertwee on Blu-ray #4

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The ‘Dalek War’ saga continues! We continue our look into Season 10 of ‘Doctor Who’ by looking into the six-part adventure ‘Planet of the Daleks’, starring Jon Pertwee as the Doctor and Katy Manning as Jo Grant. The Doctor and Jo are joined by the Thals to stop the Daleks on the planet Spiridon. Continue reading

Celebrating 55 Years of ‘Doctor Who’ #2

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The 55th anniversary celebrations of ‘Doctor Who’ continue on ‘Bradley’s Basement’. Yesterday, we looked at the First Doctor who was a grumpy old man in a police box. We now look at the Second Doctor who is a cosmic hobo in a police box; more of a clown and less bad-tempered than his predecessor. Continue reading

‘The Seeds of Death’, ‘The Space Pirates’ and ‘The War Games’ with Patrick Troughton

  

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Today, I’ve posted three new ‘Doctor Who’ reviews on three stories starring Patrick Troughton as the Second Doctor with Frazer Hines as Jamie and Wendy Padbury as Zoe. These three ‘Doctor Who’ stories focus on the end of the Patrick Troughton era as well as the end of the black-and-white days. Continue reading